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And my dad´s next addition to the French at war theme.
AMG kit which is somewhere between shortrun and mainstream. Dryfitting is important
Painted with Tamiya X-32 Titanium Silver. Plastic rods used for the missing nose gun barrels. Also [...]
Here´s one of my dad´s rare excursions to the more modern world.
Hobby Boss Su-17M4 kit with Model Maker Decals. Only used the nose numbers and the airintake decals from this sheet, the national insignias were too large, at least for the [...]
My dad finished the next French in the line.
Hobby Boss kit with Berna Decals, the nose and fuselage side numbers are a bit oversized, the missing tail "1" was taken from a French Corsair sheet. The roundels come in three pieces [...]
Beside the recently posted Hobbycraft Bearcat my dad also built a Hobby Boss one.
Built mostly oob. Added seatbelts, used plastic rods for the whip antennas, plastic rods and lead wire for the brake lines, EZ Line for the antenna wire and [...]
After the French Corsair, my dad has finished the next French subject.
Hobbycraft kit, Barracuda Studios wheels, Eduard seatbelts, gunsight from the Hasegawa F4U-7 kit, EZ Line for the antenna wire, plastic rods for the two whip antennas, [...]
After the P-40K, my dad has already finished the next bird in 2022.
Revell boxing of the Hasegawa F4U-7 kit, decals from MDC(Model Design Constructions) and the kit, wheels from Reskit, camo done with Gunze H54 Navy Blue mixed with a touch [...]
When my dad started the Aleutian P-38 last year, I thought wouldn´t it be nice if it had some company?
So he built a P-40K. Sadly 1/48 decals for this theatre are rare and we didn´t want to do a usual tigerhead scheme. Finally found a [...]
Well, this was once again a prolific year for my dad. Being 74, with weaker getting eyes and shaky hands, he still keeps up his good work and i hope he still has some good years ahead and I can present you a lot more of his work.
We wish [...]
So, here´s my dad´s last model for this year. The new Tamiya P-38 kit is one of the best my dad has built so far regarding fit and engineering.
Already posted it two days ago but deleted it again because I realized that my dad and I have [...]
And my dad has finished another one. This time a French Thunderstreak during the Suez Crisis in 1956, using the Italeri boxing of the Kinetic kit. The fuselage stripes come as decals. There are also decals for the blue wing tips but they [...]
